Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
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Don't know why i'm seeing bad things being said about it, it's better than the first one. Not that there's any need to compare, but if you wanted to then i'd say it's much better. The first one I didn't keep, with the exception of the song BM J.R. cause it's his best song and it's absolutely sick. This album has great production, good rhymes and all that. I was never a big Lil Wayne fan at all, but this album is nice imo.
I'm loving the production on this album. Despite a few bangers, Mannie Fresh never laced Lil' Wayne the way he gave jewels to B.G. and Juvenile, and the whole post-bounce music steez gets tired when you have someone who can't do it very well. And besides, Mannie Fresh could've never made anything like "Shooter". "Tha Mobb" and "Receipt" have to be Heatmakerz. I love how he raps over the same drums that legends like Rakim did, you can tell Weezy definitely made this album with something to prove. He's finally lived up to the potential he displayed on the mixtapes. I can see why Eminem was too scurred to return his calls.
i'm not a big lil wayne fan. never have been. i never heard the carter (1). the only album i ever purchased from lil wayne was that album with that song the block is hot, and that album was pretty crappy. i have to admit, i've only listened to it once so far, but i'm feeling it. i really like ther production on most tracks.
This is his best-produced album - Mannie Fresh could never make something like "Shooter".
I'm tired of being patient / Stop being rapper racists / Region haters / Spectators / Dictators / Behind door dick takers / It's outrageous / You don't know how sick you make us? / I wanna throw up like chips in Vegas / But this is Southern, face it / If we too simple then y'all don't get the basics
Wayne still has room for improvement, though:
- A lot of these hooks suck
- He still doesn't have a lot to say, which is annoying because when he does address a subject ("Damage Is Done" from The Suffix, the verse from "Shooter" I just quoted), he does it very well.
- The lyrics aren't touching Lights Out. I'm consistently amazed with how he drops such ridiculous performances on mixtapes and when it comes to the album all that remains is the flow.
I'm glad he's moved away from the post-bounce production steez, but I was expecting more east-coast beats. A couple of Heatmakerz joints is not enough. I'm not mad, though - this album definitely passes the whip test with flying colors.
After the disappointments the Houston scene shit into our ears earlier this year, I thought this was going to be a bad one for southern rap. But with Let the Truth Be Told, Most Known Uknowns, A Piece of Strange, The Sound of Revenge, Big Boi's compilation, and this have held the region down lovely.
I'm tired of being patient / Stop being rapper racists / Region haters / Spectators / Dictators / Behind door dick takers / It's outrageous / You don't know how sick you make us? / I wanna throw up like chips in Vegas / But this is Southern, face it / If we too simple then y'all don't get the basics
Wayne still has room for improvement, though:
- A lot of these hooks suck
- He still doesn't have a lot to say, which is annoying because when he does address a subject ("Damage Is Done" from The Suffix, the verse from "Shooter" I just quoted), he does it very well.
- The lyrics aren't touching Lights Out. I'm consistently amazed with how he drops such ridiculous performances on mixtapes and when it comes to the album all that remains is the flow.
I'm glad he's moved away from the post-bounce production steez, but I was expecting more east-coast beats. A couple of Heatmakerz joints is not enough. I'm not mad, though - this album definitely passes the whip test with flying colors.
After the disappointments the Houston scene shit into our ears earlier this year, I thought this was going to be a bad one for southern rap. But with Let the Truth Be Told, Most Known Uknowns, A Piece of Strange, The Sound of Revenge, Big Boi's compilation, and this have held the region down lovely.
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